Added A Shortcut On Start Menu, That Points To Application?
Jun 23, 2009
I'm running into this one very specific issue:
- I have a VB.Net 2005 Project for which I've created a Setup Project.
- In my Setup Project, I've added a shortcut on my Start Menu, that points to my Application.
- After deploying it, all works great.
- One of my users chooses to *copy* the shortcut from the Start Menu into their Desktop.
- I then create an upgrade for this Application. Again, the deployment works great. They can start my application from the Start menu.
- They double-click on their icon in the Desktop and they get a popup: Title of the message box: Problem with Shortcut Description of the message box: (X) The parameter is incorrect.
The shortcut's Target, is blank ( which I believe is the problem ).I'd love to be able to specify an actual [TARGETDIR]myApp.exe type of string as the shortcut's target in my Setup Project, but I can't do this.Instead I have to point it via UI, to my Target Application ( which I'm assuming is resolved at install-time ). The problem with this is that it appears that the shortcuts get re-evaluated every time you re-install / upgrade the application. Since my previous version is technically not installed anymore, my shortcut gets invalidaded, even though the target path is still the same and I haven't changed my executable's file name.
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Mar 4, 2009
In my app, I have an option to install another app (that I don't have any control over).
Once this second app is installed, I want to be able to remove the Start Menu items that it creates - how easy would this be to do?
I know the names of the menu items.
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Jun 21, 2012
when I publish my app and run the setiup it places the shortcut under a folder in the start menu called Microsoft
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Feb 24, 2010
Is it possible to create a custom start menu shortcut link?
The only possibilities I see in the setup project are shortcuts to folders or primary output.
Update:
What I ended up doing is creating a custom action on commit that dynamically creates the link using Windows Scripting Host. Then on uninstall, removing the link.
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Jun 22, 2009
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Jun 6, 2009
I cannot find a way to make a program that I write make a shortcut in the start menu for all users.My final goal is to make an MSI and deploy it in group policy to all users on a computers OU. Is this possible?
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Jul 27, 2011
I want to be able to click a button on my application and the start menu appears where I've clicked. This (if possible) will replace my shell.exe. I know that with EmergeDesktop, you can show the start menu by right-clicking the desktop. How do you do that?
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Apr 12, 2011
In VB.NET I used wscript.shell to add a shortcut to the desktop. I didn't realize it created the shortcut on the "All Users" desktop, which means I can't delete it. I don't have admin rights as this is my work computer, and asking for admin isn't an option. WScript.Shell has a createshortcut method but not a remove shortcut method! I've been googling for days with no luck. Windows XP Pro 2002, SP3.
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Feb 28, 2011
I have made my application to start automaticly when windows start (registry ../currentversion/run/appname + path). In this mode the application start minimized and an little icon appear in the notification icon area. With this icon you can maximize the app or exit it.If you exit the app and start it again using the Menu (Start/programs etc) than the application start in minimized mode (and in this case I would like to have it in normal mode) because the setting autostart is still true.Is there a way you can detect when the application start when windows startup using the above registry or when people click on an icon in the programs menu (or desktop)?
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Mar 19, 2009
i am creating a software and i need help to start it when my software is on task bar and some one press any key my software will start.
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Mar 4, 2011
In my program I am trying to make a button that would add a shortcut to activate a running application by a process ID. In a form I have 2 text-boxes 1 for the name of the shortcut that would be shown in the tool-strip-menu-item. Then the other for the process name. Then when the user presses a button I would like the text of the text-box for the name to be added to a tool-strip-menu-item, then the other text-box used for the Process ID to be added to the fallowing code: (the tool-strip-menu-item is in another form)
Dim processID As Integer
processID = Shell("Process ID
", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
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Apr 27, 2010
i want to add a menu item to the user's Send To menu. In Visual Studio Installer i have added a shortcut to my application in the "User's Send To Folder". When i install my application a shortcut is being created in c:UsersalexAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsSendTo as it should be in Windows Vista.. Despite this the menu item is not showing! I cannot see the Send To Menu item!
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Mar 27, 2009
My intentions are to add command line switching. I am trying to see if i could run my application in varoius ways i.e.
App.exe -S - Start the application in XX Mode
app.exe -T30 - Start application with 30 second delay
and that kinda switching.
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May 11, 2009
Is it possible to add custom command in a shortcut (.lnk) menu (right button) through .net? How can i add the command and executed that command.?
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Jul 23, 2011
of field with working in the registry and shell but I figured I would ask this question. I want to learn how to make a shell context menu associated with my program for a given filetype or any filetype
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Feb 12, 2012
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Jul 27, 2009
Where do I put the shortcut icon for my mobile application in the Installer project for a Windows Mobile project so that when the cab is installed the icon will show on the Programs Menu?
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Sep 13, 2010
I was wondering if there is any way to make a program recognize a keyboard shortcut while its not the active program
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Jun 21, 2011
I have made an app and I want to add it to " open with menu" sub menu which appears when user make right click on any file ie I made photo viewer app and I want to add it to "open with menu" so user when make right click on any photo and go to "open with menu" sub menu will find my app name to chose it to open the photo with it
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Jan 26, 2009
I add a mainmenu I have to edit InitializeComponent().I tried to take a shortcut and copy an existing menu and then rename it. Big mistake. If you have done it, do not do it again.Anyone have an idea of how to get me back on track? I have done a rebuild, closed VB etc.
'frmMain
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(8.0!, 16.0!)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font[code]....
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Aug 2, 2010
I wanted to give my user an option for "Start with Windows". When user check this option it will place a shortcut icon into Startup folder (not in registry). On Windows restart, it will load my app automatically.
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May 21, 2009
I don't even know where to start with adding a command to a newly added item in the context menu. So much work to do and so many choices to choose from...
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Aug 24, 2009
just want to ask help in terms of adding new menu item onclick event on an existing menu item. I have a window menu (handles all open window forms in the Parent) once a new window opens i used this [Code] but i need also to add an onlick event on all the forms being added, so when they click that sub menu it will open the form selected. My question is how can i add an onclick event for this newly added menu item?
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Apr 9, 2011
Let's say 10 desktop shortcuts, all with different names/icons, point to and can start the same exe application from the same directory. Is there any means for the application to know the distinct name of the shortcut that was doubled_clicked. Also is there any means for a running application to know if it was started by command line, by a double_click on the exe, by a double_click on a shortcut that points to it, or by another process' call?
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Oct 21, 2010
I am trying to use Setup project. Want my setup to create a desktop shortcut with my application.I donot understand how to do it. Clicked on User's desktop, I created Shortcut to User's desktop, changed the properties Target and Working Folder as 'Application Folder'But it does not connect with MyApplication.exe When I ran the setup and tested Desktop short cut, it took me to the folder where application was installed, instead of running the application.How to make the application run using this shortcut?
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Aug 4, 2009
I'm using Process.Start to start an external command line application and using the StartInfo.Arguments method to send parameters to the application. I imagine I'll need to use a loop... but I can't figure out exactly how yet.I need to send anywhere from 1 - an infinite number of files names to this application. Each file has to be sent one after the other. So once the first one is done, I need to loop back around and past the second one.I can probably use the Directory.GetFiles method to get all of the files, but I don't know how to assign them.
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Feb 24, 2012
Visual Basic 2010 - Net Framework 4.0 Client
I have an application (application #1) running with Administrator privileges on Windows 7.
I want application # 1 to start another application (application #2) without Administrator privileges so application #2 is running as a standard user.
Is there a way to do this? I have been using Process.Start.
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Mar 16, 2009
I'm working on a program that allows me to edit XML data in a DataGridView. I have most everything working but I don't like my current TreeView Structure.I load the XML data into a DataSet and edit it there, so that is what I'd prefer to base my TreeView on. I've tried a few things such as..
[code]...
What I'd really like to have is a tree view that shows the Parent Child objects nested. I'm not sure exactly how to accomplish that in this case...
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May 5, 2009
I created shortcuts for some of my exe's in the program menu. For example, I might create shortcuts for a.exe, v.exe, and g.exe. By default, it aligns as a, g, v (in alphabetical order). I want to place my shortcuts in a different order, such as (v, a, g).
In short, I want to be able to change the order for the shortcuts it creates to something other than alphabetical order.
I am using wshshellobject in vb. I created a dll; through that I created my shortcuts
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May 30, 2009
I'm using this code to get the StartMenu handle:
Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal IpClassName As String, ByVal IpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal
[Code]....
But it doesn't seem to work, I can get the taskbar handle but not the start menu handle
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